Summary:
Newcastle, Wyoming, has four schools serving grades K–12: Newcastle Elementary K-2, Newcastle Elementary 3-5, Newcastle Middle School, and Newcastle High School; together they enroll 745 students in Weston County School District #1. SchoolDigger ranks the district 7th of 44, in the 84th percentile, with four stars. The clearest overall finding is that most latest-year tested results are above state levels: 17 of 19 comparisons exceed the state, with an average advantage of 9.8 percentage points.
Newcastle Middle School leads the school-level averages, at 11.6 points above the state, followed by Newcastle Elementary 3-5 at 9.9 and Newcastle High School at 7.2. Middle school math is a particular strength: grade 8 is 82.8% proficient, 28.9 points above the state, and grade 6 is 23.8 points above. Elementary 3-5 stands out in grade 4 science, 17.6 points above the state. The weakest comparison is High School grade 9 math, 6.9 points below the state; however, the high school’s reported 90.9% graduation rate is 7.8 points above the state and matches the district.
Average proficiency across the same 19 results rose from 62.4% to 65.4% between the two years, while the average state advantage changed only slightly, from 9.4 to 9.8 points. Middle School’s average advantage grew from 5.2 to 11.6 points, while High School’s fell from 10.9 to 7.2 and Elementary 3-5’s from 12.4 to 9.9. SchoolDigger ranks Middle School 17th of 76, up from 31st of 77, while High School ranks 27th of 81 and Elementary 3-5 ranks 32nd of 148. Student-teacher ratios range from 9.5 at K-2 to 11.8 at the high school; reported free/reduced-lunch eligibility ranges from 28.0% at the high school to 46.6% at K-2. K-2 has no test results in the supplied data.
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